Where does Hillstone Networks Co., Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Hillstone Networks Co., Ltd. ranks #26,471 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does Hillstone Networks Co., Ltd. hold?

Hillstone Networks Co., Ltd. holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2024, spanning 3 technology areas.

What is Hillstone Networks Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Hillstone Networks Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 36.9 out of 100 (top 45% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Hillstone Networks Co., Ltd. focus on?

Hillstone Networks Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 8 patents, ranking #2,806 of 8,956 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 3 CPC subclasses total.

Is Hillstone Networks Co., Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Hillstone Networks Co., Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is +50% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Hillstone Networks Co., Ltd.'s patents?

Hillstone Networks Co., Ltd.'s patents average 22.7 claims each. This is an aggregate descriptive count from the grant record; it does not establish claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk.

How is the Hillstone Networks Co., Ltd. patent data sourced?

All patent data comes from USPTO PatentsView, a public research dataset maintained by the United States Patent and Trademark Office covering US granted utility patents from 2015 to 2025.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Hillstone Networks Co., Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 3 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2024. Grant-trend analysis is cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search; it does not measure application filings, current R&D, or legal strength. Primary class: H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Hillstone ranks #26,471 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 3 technology areas.

#26,471
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 45%
by Innovation Score (36.9/100): 22.7
avg claims per patent: +50%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R26471 · Foreign Corporation #26,471 · 10 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #26,471/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Heinrich-Heine-Unive…
CPC-NARROW H04L · 3 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.9/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 22.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +50% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Heinrich-Heine-Universitat Dusseldorf (±0 grants)

Instrument codes from this assignee’s USPTO PatentsView grant sheet: volume band, corpus rank, photo-finish peer, lead CPC, Innovation Score, claim depth, assignee type, velocity, and book completeness. Not a USPTO rating of patent strength.

How Hillstone’s 36.9 Innovation Score adds up

The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.

Volume 8.3 pts (22%) Velocity 8.9 pts (24%) Breadth 6.1 pts (17%) Claim depth 13.6 pts (37%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Hillstone Networks · this assignee

37
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Hillstone's Innovation Score is 36.9/100 (top 45% of the PatentsView-derived corpus). The chart places that score against the nearest Innovation Score peers plus corpus poles, not a reprint of the volume ranking.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Hillstone?

Each dot is one of Hillstone’s 8 nearest volume peers (same corpus rank neighbourhood as the chart above), placed by total granted patents (horizontal) against average claims per patent (vertical). Hillstone’s own 22.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

Hillstone vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where Hillstone's grants concentrate

Hillstone Networks Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 80% of grants classified under H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Hillstone sits between Heinrich-Heine-Universitat Dusseldorf and Hive Streaming AB.

Hillstone's three-year grant acceleration

Hillstone Networks Co., Ltd. shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

Heinrich-heine-un…

10
Helix Biopharma

10
Heraeus Nexensos

10
Hibercell

10
Hinsey's Pro Paint

10
Hinterkopf

10
Histogenics

10
Hive Streaming AB

10
Hillstone Networks ◀

10

What this shows Hillstone holds 10 patents at rank #26,485, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Hillstone

By rank, the assignees closest to #26,485 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Hillstone's primary technology class.

Hillstone's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)

37 Top 45% higher than 55% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Hillstone Networks Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	2	20.0%
2018	1	10.0%
2019	1	10.0%
2020	2	20.0%
2024	4	40.0%

Which technologies does Hillstone Networks Co., Ltd. patent most?

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 8

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 5

Y02D - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN Information AND Communication Technologies [ICT], I.E. Information AND Communication Technologies Aiming AT THE Reduction OF Their OWN Energy USE 2

Top 3 of 3 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

Hillstone Networks Co., Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Hillstone Networks Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 80% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #26,471 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Hillstone Networks Co., Ltd. against Heinrich-Heine-Universitat Dusseldorf, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.9/100 blends volume, velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth. How it's calculated

Figures reflect USPTO PatentsView grant data through May 2026; pending applications not yet granted are not counted.

Data sourced from USPTO PatentsView - official U.S. government patent data. See our methodology for computation details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPatent

Disclaimer: This information is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute professional advice. Data is sourced from the USPTO PatentsView database. Consult a qualified professional before making decisions based on this data.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sources used on this page

USPTO PatentsView - the disambiguated bulk patent-grant, assignee, and CPC data this page's figures are derived from. patentsview.org
Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) - the joint USPTO/EPO classification scheme used to group patents by technology area. cooperativepatentclassification.org
USPTO Patent Public Search - the official interface to verify the status of any individual patent. ppubs.uspto.gov

Compiled by PlainPatent, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.